Originally Posted by
kaukau
Liquor laws vary from state to state. In Hawai'i, 18 and up may work in bars and handle/serve alcohol, even though they must wait 'til they're 21 to be a customer at the same bar they work at to consume alcohol.
I'll never forget when I lived in Boston(? or, was I living in DC when this happened ...?) and I had to press the "[alcoholic beverage]" key on the cash register 'cause my underage cashier wasn't allowed by law to do so.